diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/693-idx-consider-schema.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/693-idx-consider-schema.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ee99338d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/693-idx-consider-schema.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - postgresql_idx - consider schema name when checking for index (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.postgresql/issues/692).  Index names are only unique within a schema. This allows using the same index name in multiple schemas.
diff --git a/plugins/modules/postgresql_idx.py b/plugins/modules/postgresql_idx.py
index a2566621..83d0a67b 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/postgresql_idx.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/postgresql_idx.py
@@ -349,9 +349,10 @@ def __exists_in_db(self):
                  "ON i.indexname = c.relname "
                  "JOIN pg_catalog.pg_index AS pi "
                  "ON c.oid = pi.indexrelid "
-                 "WHERE i.indexname = %(name)s")
+                 "WHERE i.schemaname = %(schema)s "
+                 "AND i.indexname = %(name)s")
 
-        res = exec_sql(self, query, query_params={'name': self.name}, add_to_executed=False)
+        res = exec_sql(self, query, query_params={'schema': self.schema, 'name': self.name}, add_to_executed=False)
         if res:
             self.exists = True
             self.info = dict(